http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20090106/ap_on_re_eu/eu_germany_obit_merckle]German mogul kills self over financial meltdown (AP)[/URL]



AP - German billionaire Adolf Merckle threw himself in front of a train after his business empire, which included interests ranging from VW cars to pharmaceuticals to cement, ran into trouble in the global financial crisis, his family said Tuesday.